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Not serious

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Ryan Harby
Hello! Welcome! Have you played video games in your life? Probably. Have you played video games recently? Maybe not, but chances are, yes. We live in a world where over 10 billion quarters have been spent...
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Provincial man

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Ryan Harby
They say you should always write about what you know. If that’s the case, Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson knows his home province of Manitoba very well. Released late January through Epitaph/ANTI- Records, Samson’s solo...
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Improve your life one week at a time

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Ryan Harby
Monday Every week starts on Monday, no exceptions. Juice, beans, rice, coffee, oatmeal and, finally, quail eggs with a sprinkle of paprika — breakfast of champions. If you don’t have enough time in your mornings...
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Travel-logging

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Ryan Harby
After two weeks in Greece we were starting to wear down, not physically but mentally. Day in, day out if we weren’t sleeping we were rushing across towns, cities, archaeological sites, museums, airports, docks in...
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History made funny

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Ryan Harby
Every now and then in life you read something you’re convinced was made especially for you, as if it’s been tailored specifically to your personal sensibilities. I almost always feel this way when reading Kate Beaton’s...
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Still working on it

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Ryan Harby
After much contemplating and an abundance of hemming and hawing, I’ve determined that I’m confused. Let me explain: earlier this month the video game industry saw the much anticipated release of Uncharted 3, an...
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Ten great things

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Ryan Harby
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Like it, love it, even hate it; when it comes to television Christmas specials the Rankin/Bass stop-motion animation Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer might be the quintessential entry. The island...
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